Nicholas moore



(No Model.)

N. MOORE.

WATCH GASB.

No. 455,231. Patented June 30, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NICHOLAS MOORE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE KEYSTONEWATCH CASE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WATCH-GAS E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 455,231, dated June 30,1891.

Application filed August 1,1890- Serial No. 360,625. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS MOORE, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement inWatch-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to watch-cases; and it consists of certainimprovements which are fully set forth in the following specification,and shown in the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof.

More particularly my invention relates to l. improvement in the devicesfor centering t; J bezel upon the watch case center and holding it inposition thereon.

Ordinarily it is customary in the construction of watch-eases to attacha pin to the rim of the center upon which the bezel seats and t cut outa portion of the rim of the bezel so as to admit this pin. In such aconstruction the pin projects through the bezel, so as to be exposedbeyond it.

The object of my invention is to dispense with the pin and to form theconnection so that it shall not be visible upon the outside of thebezel. This object I accomplish by forming an indentation in the upperedge of the center, so as to push out the metal on the outside to form aprojection which is adapted to fit into a notch or indentation formed inthe rim of the bezel. v

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a watch-case embodying myinvention, having a portion of the bezel broken away. Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view of the same on the line 00 cc of Fig. 1, andFig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of a watch-case center andbezel illustrating my improvement.

A is the watch-ease center, having the rim B, extending above the flatface or portion G upon which the bezel D seats. At a convenient point inthis rim B the metal is pushed in or indented, so as to form aprojection 1) upon the outside extending upon the flat portion C. Thebezel D is provided with the 5 flat rim E, which is adapted to seat uponthe flat portion C of the center. Formed in this flat rim E is a notchor indentation e, which is adapted to receive the projection Z) of thecenter. In this construction it will be seen that the use of pins orparts attached to the metal of the center is entirely avoided, and thatthe outer surface of the bezel is entirely smooth and free from anyprojection. F is the back of the watch-ease, and Gis the glass orcrystal. By this construction a much neater effect and greater cheapnessof -n1anufacture are obtained.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and wish tosecure by Let- Go ters Patent, is

In a watch-case, the combination of the center A, having a fiat portionC, and rim B, extending above said fiat portion,with an indentationtherein to form the projection b, integral with the metal of the rim Bupon the outside thereof and extending upon the Hat portion C, and thebezel D, provided with a flat rim E, adapted to seat upon the flatportion C of the center and having the notch e to receive the projectionI), formed in said flat rim and extending a distance into bu not throughit.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand.

NICHOLAS MOORE. Witnesses:

H. L. ROBERTS, THEO. CANFIELD, Jr.

